Author Archives: James Peters
Lockdown to begin for all of Ontario on Boxing Day
TORONTO - All of Ontario will go into lockdown on Boxing Day as the province tries to bring soaring COVID-19 cases under control.The lockdown will remain in place for southern Ontario until Jan. 23, b...
Dec 21, 2020
With 153 overdose deaths in November, B.C. on the verge of a record year
VICTORIA - B.C. recorded 153 more deaths by illicit drug overdose in November, making it a certainty 2020 will be the province's deadliest year from drug overdoses on record.There have been 1,548 illi...
Dec 21, 2020
B.C. records 624 new COVID-19 cases Friday, including 60 in Interior
VICTORIA - Public health officials are reporting another 624 cases of COVID-19 in B.C. Friday (Dec. 18), including 60 within Interior Health. The new cases raise the provincial total to 45,400 since t...
Dec 18, 2020
B.C. sees 673 new COVID-19 cases, 21 more deaths, 66 more cases in Interior
VICTORIA - B.C. is reporting 673 new cases of COVID-19, including 66 within Interior Health. In her briefing Thursday (Dec. 17), Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry said that raises the total o...
Dec 17, 2020
Twenty-one new COVID-19 cases found in Kamloops last week, down slightly from previous week
KAMLOOPS - The latest weekly numbers from the B.C. Centre for Disease Control show slightly less spread of COVID-19 in Kamloops. The update to Local Health Area (LHA) spread is for the week of Decembe...
Dec 17, 2020
Twenty-four more deaths in B.C. due to COVID-19; 640 new cases
VICTORIA - It has been another deadly day in B.C.'s battle against COVID-19. According to a news release from Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry Wednesday (Dec. 16), 24 more people have died f...
Dec 16, 2020
Crash slows traffic along Coquihalla
KAMLOOPS - There was a fiery crash along the Coquihalla highway near the Lac Le Jeune turnoff this morning (Dec. 16). Kamloops Fire and Rescue (KFR) was called out after a truck's axle broke away, cro...
Dec 16, 2020
Kamloops council to Trudeau government: deem overdose crisis a national public health emergency
KAMLOOPS - Kamloops city council will put pen to paper and formally request that the federal government declare the overdose crisis a national public health emergency. Councillors Dale Bass, Sadie Hun...
Dec 15, 2020
New B.C. COVID-19 case count down to 522 — but 21 more people have died from the virus
VICTORIA - The province has recorded 522 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday (Dec. 15), the lowest total in weeks. In a news release, Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry says 56 of those cases were f...
Dec 15, 2020
Sixty COVID-19 cases linked to community cluster at Big White
BIG WHITE, B.C. - Sixty cases of COVID-19 have been connected to Big White Mountain.Interior Health (IH) has announced a cluster linked to the popular ski area east of Kelowna."Our investigation revea...
Dec 15, 2020
